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		<title>Think Twitter is a Waste of Time? 41% Got a Customer from Twitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crystal Thies</dc:creator>
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Results are finally starting to come in!  Hubspot just released their 2010 State of Inbound Marketing report, which addresses the effectiveness of social media in generating business.  Below are some of the key findings and the link to the full report.  There&#8217;s also a free, live webinar on Thursday, February 18, 2010, at 1:00 p.m. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Bookmarking &#8211; A No-Cost Collaborative Marketing Strategy and a Powerful SEO Tool</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crystal Thies</dc:creator>
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Delicious, Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit&#8230;Are you still trying to figure out what the purpose of social bookmarking sites is?  Isn&#8217;t it just a way for teenagers to share &#8220;cool&#8221; websites?  Well, like all of our powerful social networking tools, that&#8217;s how it started out.  However, if you understand the &#8220;magic&#8221; behind social bookmarking, you&#8217;ll soon see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Lead Generation Techniques Using LinkedIn</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crystal Thies</dc:creator>
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I know that there are many frustrated LinkedIn users out there who are wondering what all of the hubbub is about because they&#8217;ve been on LinkedIn for 6 months and it hasn&#8217;t helped their business one bit.  The problem is that it&#8217;s not being used effectively &#8211; they&#8217;re not using lead generation techniques that work.
Contrary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Sales Leads &#8211; A Social Media Campaign that Makes Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crystal Thies</dc:creator>
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Social media is all about the conversation.  Sharing, educating, and interacting are the highlights of social networks and blogs, which are great places to build awareness and gain credibility.  Social media strategies are also relatively inexpensive, so they are very attractive to small business owners with limited marketing budgets.
Money isn&#8217;t the only reason why social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When your target customer gets online, do you know what they intend to do?</title>
		<link>http://crystalclearbuzz.com/2009/07/28/when-your-target-customer-gets-online-do-you-know-what-they-intend-to-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crystal Thies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding where your target customer spends most of their online time is key to effective social media and internet marketing.  The Ruder Finn Intent Index is a free, interactive tool that shares ongoing research as to why people go online.  This is a very valuable resource for small business owners who often don't have access to market research.]]></description>
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		<title>Writing a Blog Simply Takes Too Long! &#8211; Not!</title>
		<link>http://crystalclearbuzz.com/2009/07/15/writing-a-blog-simply-takes-too-long/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crystal Thies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learn how to get the benefits of blogging without spending hours writing.  Easy low-to-no cost strategies to keep fresh content on your blog.]]></description>
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		<title>Does Social Media Overwhelm Have You at a Dead Stop?</title>
		<link>http://crystalclearbuzz.com/2009/06/27/does-social-media-overwhelm-have-you-at-a-dead-stop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crystal Thies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
If you&#8217;ve been spending time on LinkedIn, in the blogosphere, or have just been searching for advice about how to be marketing your business, you&#8217;ve probably been inundated with advice about all of the different things you have to be doing to be successful using social media.  If you&#8217;re a one-person shop or a very [...]]]></description>
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